Manure-spreader attachment.



J. OLANDER. MANURE vSPB,t.`ADER ATTACHMENT. APPLIGATION FILED MAB. 4,1910.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

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J. OLANDER.

MANURE SPREADEB. ATTACHMENT.

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JONAS OLANDER, OF NEKOIVIA, ILLINOIS.

MANURE-SPREADER ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

`Be it known that I, JONAS OLANDER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Nelroma, in the county of Henry and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Manure-SpreaderAttachment-s, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in feedingdevices for manure spre-aders and has for its object to provide a deviceof this character which is automatically actuated by the movement of anendless apron which conveys the material to the spreader arranged in oneend of the wagon body whereby the material will be forced against therotating spreading cylinder to insure the entire contents of the wagonbody being distributed.

A further object is to provide a very simple force feed for manure andother fertilizer spreading machines which is adapted to be arranged uponall machines employing an endless apron for conveying the material tothe spreading cylinder.

Vit-h these and other objects in view, the invention consists of thenovel features of construction and the combination and arrangement ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal sectionthrough the body of a manure spreader illustrating my improved feedingdevice in operative position; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view similar toFig. l showing the feeding plate at the start of the distribution of thematerial; Fig. 3 is a. view similar to Fig. 2 showing the arrangement ofthe device when the machine is being loaded; and Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of the feeding device detached,

Referring more particularly to the drawings 5 indicates an endless apronwhich is formed of a plurality of slats. These slats may be hingedlyconnected together in any preferred manner and the apron moved by meansof suitable mechanism to carry the manure or other fertilizer to therear end of the body of the machine for engagement by the radiallyextending fingers of a rotatable cylinder 7. This cylinder is adapted tothrow the manure outwardly and distribute the same over the land.

My improved feeding device is adapted Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 4, 1910.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

Serial No. 547,260.

to be arranged upon the rear end of the body of the vehicle andcomprises a plate 8 extending transversely thereacross and pivotallymountedv upon a transverse rod 9. This rod has its ends secured in thesides of the wagon boX, the intermediate portion thereof being spacedabove the same. When in operative position the plate 8 extends forwardlyas shown in Fig. 1. This plate has hinged upon its forward edge thecurved feed plate l0. The outer edge of this plate is adapted to engagebetween the slats 6 of the apron 5 and yis positioned with its convexsurface next to the material.

When the machine is to be loaded with the manure, the plates 8 and 10are swung upon the transverse pivot rod 9 and positioned rearwardly ofthe body of the vehicle as shown in Fig. 3. After the machine has beenloaded, the feeding device is swung over and upon the top of thematerial. As the amount of the material in the machine decreases and isspread, the plates 8 and 10 will gravitate downwardly between the sidesof the wagon box until the free edge of the feed plate 10 engagesbetween the slats of the apron. It will then move rearwardly with theapron, and force the remainder of the fertilizer upon the fingers of thedistributing cylinder thus insuring the distribution of the entirecontents of the machine. The plate 8 maintains a substantiallyhorizontal position above the wagon box during the feeding movement ofthe plate l0. After the contents of the machine have been eX- hausted,the plates 8 and lO may be readily lifted and swung back upon the rearend of the wagon boX and the machine again loaded with the material.

From the foregoing it is believed that the construction, operation andmany advantages to be obtained by means of my improved force feed devicewill be readily understood without requiring a more extendeddescription.

The device is extremely simple and may be readily arranged upon machinesof this character as at present constructed, no change whatever beingrequired in the construction of the operating mechanism, nor is itnecessary to provide additional operating means for the feeding devicethe same being actuated by the movement of the endless driving belt orapron.

Vhile I have above set forth in detail the preferred construction of myimproved feeding device it will be obvious that the same is susceptibleof many minor changes without departing from the essential features orsacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is l. In a machineof the character described, the combination with an endless apron formedof a plurality of hingedly connected slats and a distributing cylinderrotatably mounted above one end of the apron, of a feeding devicecomprising a plate pivotally mounted for swinging movement above thecylinder, and a feeding late hingedly connected to said first named)plate and adapted to engage between the slats of said apron and to forcethe material conveyed thereby upon the distributing cylinder.

2. A device of t-he character described comprising a plate pivotallymounted and transversely positioned above an endless conveyer, and acurved plate hingedly connected to the first named plate having its freeedge engaged with said conveyer and adapted to force the materialconveyed thereby upon a distributing cylinder substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

3. A device of the character described comprising' a plate transverselypositioned above an endless apron formed with a plurality of hingedlyconnected slats, said plate being pivotally supported at one of its lonigitudinal edges, and a feeding plate hingedly i connected to the otherlongitudinal edge of the first named plate, said feed plate having itsfree edge engaged between the slats of the apron and adapted to forcethe material conveyed thereby upon a distributing cylinder arranged uponone end of the apron.

4. A device of the character described comprising a plate transverselyarranged above an endless apron movably arranged in the body of afertilizer distributer, said plate having one of its longitudinal edgeshingedly engaged upon a transverse rod secured in the opposite sides ofthe vehicle body, and a transversely extending concavoconvex feed platehingedly connected With the free edge of said first named plate forrelative movement thereto adapted to engage with the apron and to bemoved thereby to force the fertilizer upon a distributing cylindermounted in the vehicle body above one end of the apron, said first namedplate being arranged in a substantially horizontal position above thevehicle body whereby the discharge of the material over the sidesthereof is prevented.

In testimony whereof I hereunto alix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JONAS OLANDER. lVitnesses J. I. HUNT,

SAM HENDERSON.

